Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1976

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (214 babies) and Michael for boys (371). Social Security records list 13,478 babies born in District of Columbia in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in District of Columbia in 1976

Names given at least 15 times in District of Columbia that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Lashawn: 31 babies, 28.1× the national rate
Kisha: 24 babies, 16× the national rate
Keisha: 63 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Lakisha: 53 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Patrice: 21 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Aisha: 23 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Nakia: 20 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Tameka: 30 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Ebony: 29 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Tia: 16 babies, 7.7× the national rate

Boys

Antoine: 36 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Lamont: 17 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Andre: 57 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Reginald: 35 babies, 5× the national rate
Duane: 25 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Bernard: 19 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jerome: 33 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Damon: 55 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jermaine: 32 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Maurice: 29 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	214	–	1
2	Nicole	120	↑3	13
3	Kimberly	117	↑1	7
4	Michelle	106	↓1	6
5	Elizabeth	95	↑1	16
6	Amy	83	↓4	2
7	Christina	80	↑5	14
8	Angela	79	↑6	5
9	Melissa	79	↑2	3
10	Stephanie	77	↓1	11
11	Lisa	76	↓3	9
12	Jessica	75	↓2	8
13	Sarah	68	↑3	15
14	Heather	64	↓7	4
15	Keisha	63	↑31	>100
16	Tiffany	63	↓3	32
17	Rebecca	62	↑2	12
18	Katherine	56	↑11	57
19	Andrea	55	↑1	25
20	Erin	54	↑12	24
21	Susan	54	↑6	40
22	Lakisha	53	↑3	>100
23	Laura	53	↓2	20
24	Shannon	53	↑13	17
25	Karen	52	↓7	31
26	Amanda	50	↑5	10
27	Mary	49	↓12	22
28	Monica	45	–	45
29	Tamika	45	↓7	>100
30	Christine	44	↓4	26
31	Dawn	44	↑3	35
32	Kelly	43	↓15	19
33	Natalie	43	new	80
34	Rachel	43	↓4	23
35	Danielle	42	↓2	33
36	Lauren	37	new	>100
37	Latoya	36	new	>100
38	Crystal	35	↓15	36
39	Emily	35	new	50
40	Maria	35	↓1	34
41	Catherine	34	↑1	72
42	Megan	34	new	62
43	Erica	32	↓19	54
44	April	31	new	30
45	Julie	31	↓1	21
46	Lashawn	31	new	>100
47	Sara	31	new	27
48	Cynthia	30	↓8	44
49	Kathleen	30	new	82
50	Monique	30	↓3	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Michael	371	–	1
2	David	236	↑1	4
3	James	231	↓1	5
4	Christopher	223	↑1	3
5	John	181	↑2	6
6	Jason	180	↑3	2
7	Brian	175	↓1	8
8	Robert	174	↓4	7
9	William	169	↓1	11
10	Matthew	163	–	9
11	Kevin	141	↑2	15
12	Anthony	124	↓1	22
13	Joseph	120	↑3	12
14	Daniel	115	↑1	10
15	Eric	105	↓3	13
16	Timothy	95	↑6	21
17	Sean	91	↑14	42
18	Jonathan	85	↑6	31
19	Andrew	83	↑2	27
20	Charles	83	↓6	26
21	Steven	79	↑7	20
22	Richard	75	↑1	19
23	Stephen	73	↑3	37
24	Thomas	72	↓7	23
25	Gregory	68	↓7	35
26	Aaron	67	↑13	30
27	Joshua	65	↑8	18
28	Kenneth	65	↓1	38
29	Benjamin	64	↑8	32
30	Mark	64	↓10	25
31	Marcus	63	↑18	74
32	Keith	61	↑4	48
33	Paul	61	↓8	28
34	Edward	59	↓2	45
35	Andre	57	↓1	>100
36	Scott	57	↓3	24
37	Damon	55	↑10	>100
38	Ronald	55	↓9	49
39	Derrick	53	↑4	91
40	Jeffrey	53	↓21	17
41	Antonio	52	↑1	71
42	Justin	51	new	33
43	Peter	50	new	54
44	Donald	46	↑1	47
45	Patrick	42	↓5	41
46	Adam	40	↓2	36
47	Jeremy	40	↑1	14
48	Ryan	39	↓18	16
49	Shawn	38	↓8	34
50	Samuel	37	new	59

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